Practice Areas - Plaintiffs' Personal Injury
- Medical and Legal Malpractice
- Birth Trauma
- Brain Injury
- Spinal Injury
- Catastrophic Injuries
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- Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
- Construction Accidents
- Negligence
- Slip and Fall
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 212-629-6151
Fax: 212-629-5170
http://www.altonlawfirm.com
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| University | Yale University, B.A., 1963 |
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| Law School | Columbia University, LL.B., 1966 |
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| Admitted | 1967, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York |
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| Memberships | New York State Trial Lawyers Association |
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| Military | U.S. Coast Guard |
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| Languages | English and Spanish |
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| Born | New York, N.Y., December 3 |
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| Biography | Treasurer, Moot Court Committee, Columbia Law School, 1966. Author: "Medical Malpractice: A Trial Lawyer's Advice to Physicians," Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; The New York Area's Best Lawyers; Super Lawyers; Martindale-Hubbell's Directory of Preeminent Attorneys. |
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| Reported Cases | Fitzgerald vs. DeBlasi (Richmond Co.); DiMarco vs. New York City Health & Hospital Corp. (Sup.Ct., Kings Co.) AppDiv (2nd Dept); Dyer vs. Lohan (Sup. Ct., Nassau Co.); Henry vs. Kara (Sup.Ct., New York); Gibbs vs. City of New York (Sup.Ct., Queens Co.); Siegel vs. Computerized Scanning Assoc. (Sup.Ct., New York Co.); Curtis vs. Rider Construction (Sup.Co., New York Co.); Kavanaugh vs. Memorial Hospital (Sup.Ct. Green Co.); Velez vs. New York City Health & Hospital Corp. (1st Dept.); Rachko v. NY Medical Group (Sup. Ct. Bronx Co.); Lingener v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. (3rd Dept.) |
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| ISLN | 909464248 |
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| Transactions | $13.3 MILLION VERDICT (Rachko v. New York Medical Group and Jonathan Greenberg, M.D.), Supreme Court, Bronx County, Medical Malpractice: Family Practice/Neurology. $9,570,400 VERDICT - (DiMarco v. New York City Health and Hospital Corporation), Supreme Court, Kings County Medical Malpractice: Emergency Medicine/Neurosurgery (Mr. Alton argued the appeal in DiMarco v. New York Health and Hospitals Corp. in the Appellate Division, Second Department in January of 1998. On February 27, 1998, the New York Law Journal published its opinion sustaining 7.1 million dollars including 1.25 million dollars for past and future loss of consortium which was the highest total award and loss of consortium award the Court had ever upheld up to that point in time. The loss of consortium award remains the largest sustained by this Court.) $5.75 MILLION VERDICT - (Seigel v. Computerized Scanning Associates), Supreme Court, New York County Medical Malpractice: Radiology $2.125 MILLION VERDICT - (Ramirez v. Brown ), Supreme Court, Bronx County Medical Malpractice: Ophthalmology $1.8 MILLION SETTLEMENT -(Fitzgerald v. DiBlasi), Supreme Court, Richmond County Medical Malpractice: Family Practice $1.6 MILLION VERDICT - (Henry v. Kara), Supreme Court, New York County Medical Malpractice: Ophthalmology $1.3 MILLION SETTLEMENT - (Snowden v. Albany Medical Center), Supreme Court, County of Albany Medical Malpractice: Cardiology $1.273 MILLION SETTLEMENT - (Gibbs v. City of New York), Supreme Court, Queens County Automobile/Highway Design $1.225 MILLION VERDICT - (Curtis v. Rider Construction), Supreme Court, New York County Construction Accident $1.175 MILLION VERDICT - (Kavanaugh v. Kosich), Supreme Court, Greene County Medical Malpractice: Emergency Medicine/Neurosurgery $950,000.00 SETTLEMENT - (Sola v. Leonard), Supreme Court, Westchester County Medical Malpractice: Cardiology $660,000 VERDICT - (Serrano v. New York City Housing Authority), Supreme Court Bronx County Negligence/Window Guards $600,000 SETTLEMENT - (Dyer v. Lohan), Supreme Court, Nassau County Automobile $400,000 SETTLEMENT- ( Lingener v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Maynard, O'Connor & Smith), Supreme Court, Rensselaer County Bad Faith/Legal Malpractice $372,000 VERDICT - (Park v. City of New York), Supreme Court, New York County False arrest, excessive force by police $720,000 SETTLEMENT - (Seixas v. Drobit and Krupka Express), U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania Automobile/Tractor trailer collision. Tractor trailer had a limited policy. Verdicts $13.3 MILLION VERDICT Medical Malpractice: Family Practice/Neurology. $9,570,400 VERDICT Medical Malpractice: Emergency Medicine/Neurosurgery $5.75 MILLION VERDICT Medical Malpractice: Radiology $2.125 MILLION VERDICT Medical Malpractice: Ophthalmology $1.225 MILLION VERDICT Construction Accident $1.175 MILLION VERDICT Medical Malpractice: Emergency Medicine/Neurosurgery $660,000 VERDICT Negligence/Window Guards $372,000 VERDICT False arrest, excessive force by police. |
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